Matthew Ledvina

Matthew Ledvina, despite his long career as an international tax attorney, has switched his focus to growing a Fintech in London and pursuing his passion for venture capital in all areas of investment. While he still works with families on capital preservation strategies at a private office, such as cross-border tax optimization and succession issues, Matthew has shifted his attention to Fintech, driven by his love for technology. Matthew has found a new passion for the future, and he hopes to leave a legacy in this new, dynamic field. After spending around 15 years as an international lawyer with a focus on private wealth, Matthew's philosophies and approach to life have shifted. He wants to be challenged, creates new businesses, and learn new subjects. After spending a large amount of time in tax advisory, he views working with families as turning a present value into a future value. On the other hand, he also desired a pursuit that fulfilled his yearning to grow and chang...

Matthew Ledvina has taken his extensive legal and tax training into the world of an exciting new Fintech company in London. While he is slowly moving on from the day-to-day of tax advisory, he has left behind some accomplishments and legacy in the field. After working at Baker McKenzie, a prestigious law firm with offices spanning Europe, for several years, Matthew Ledvina and other Baker colleagues took the initiative to start their own company, a boutique law firm offering services to multiple jurisdictions. In 2010, Matthew and his friends founded a firm that specialized in advising multinational cross-border -families about private wealth management. One of Matthew Ledvina’s accomplishments during his time at his law firm is advising Swiss-based banks for the August 2013 program, United States and Switzerland Issue Joint Program on Tax Evasion Investigations. Matthew advised on the best possible strategy, as well as if the banks should follow Category 2, 3, or 4. His val...

Matthew Ledvina is presently focusing on his role as the managing director of the Fintech company based in London. Even though that endeavour is his central concern for the foreseeable future, he continues to advise family offices on the optimal tax and investment strategies for cross-border families. After leaving Baker McKenzie, the law firm where he worked for around five years, Matthew worked at the Julius Baer bank in Zurich as the executive director of the Head of UK Wealth Planning. During this time, Matthew collaborated with friends from Baker McKenzie to create a new law firm that focused on cross-border financial and tax matters. After spending only one year at the bank, Matthew and his friends from Baker McKenzie founded a boutique law firm. During the years 2010 to 2018, this company proved to be a success for Matthew, and it grew from a small company of four employees to a larger venture that employed 40, with offices in Zurich, Geneva, and Lugano. Matthew left the ...